SmartSniff V1.65    Suggested by milentechie - Updated by Checker on 1 Sep 2010 93KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1410) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (13) - Post comment - Permalink

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 Roddersg: Instead of using WinPCap and having it on your computer (making it non-Portable) try the applications from http://www.packetstuff.com. it is a port of Ethereal, nMap, TCPDump etc without using the WinPCap library and is truly portable. [2006-07-20 07:47]

 raphael: Yeah tell'm Roddersg..., at the risk of having several day's without new apps I would suggest a better screening method, so quality might improve. At this moment I'm getting tired of all the lameware showing up. How about implementing a sort of voting system that will remove apps that come below 0. [2006-12-05 04:29]

 El Mustachio: rapheal.. this software is not "lameware".. I use it all the time so does many of my coleages. apps that become below 0 are ones that are malware, adware and spyware.

i wish we could vote who could post online.. to avoid ridiculous claims, and simply stupid statements.

oh and one more thing this is Andrews website he can post whatever he wants. [2006-12-05 12:49]

 El Mustachio: felt like i blew smoke out of my own ass.. No offence raphael.. [2006-12-05 12:55]

 guwapo: its free, if u don't like - just delete it.

roddersg link is dead - and using smartsniff without wincap works fine for me. [2007-01-03 00:34]

 doober: Download.com has Packetstuff. It appears to be truly portable but the tools included are old. http://www.download.com/PacketStuff-Network-Toolkit/3000-2085_4-10428838.html [2007-12-19 06:24]

 linuxamp: Wireshark (ethereal) now distributes a "portableapps" version

I'll also submit this to the forum.
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html

v0.99.7 direct download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wireshark/WiresharkPortable-0.99.7.paf.exe [2007-12-20 21:29]

 chaneu: linuxamp, the "portableapps" version is not truly portable, because the first time launched it install WinPCap [2008-01-27 14:11]

 dpsf: SmartSniff has 3 different capture mechanisms: Raw sockets,
WinPcap, and the MS Network Monitor Driver. [2008-05-13 20:59]

 Rob: I have been using smartsniff for some time now and I find it very reliable and useful! So from me a thumbs up, definitely no lameware nor malware. OK not as portable as a standalone application, still can be used without WinPCAP as indicated by DPSF thereby portable usage is possible! Export is also re-usable (when you now how to read it, thanks to the designer for supplying me with the requied information)! [2009-03-06 03:20]

 Psytechnic: chaneu, some info for you:

PortableFreeware excels in the number of available apps being that it has no input on the application development, it simply catalogues them and will catalogue freeware and open-source without discretion.

PortableApps work on open-source much more and there is a tighter regulation on releases. All apps from PortableApps have a 'app_portable.exe' NSIS script created executable frontloader with instructions for registry handling and application information disposal and being that they are the creators of the released portable versions, they can offer support on any issues of portability.

Although WinPCap is installed on launch of Wireshark Portable, it is uninstalled and cleaned up after the program closes. This is the purpose of the 'app_portable.exe' launcher, made by the PortableApps developers.

I am not a PortableApps developer or even an advocate, I am simply a guy who knows what the hell is going on in the programs I use. If you don't know about portability, don't comment on it. [2009-12-29 17:08]

 Kermode: @Psytechnic

A portable program is one that can run without having to install anything. If wireshark needs to install something its not portable. [2010-03-14 23:38]

 Zadadka: @Kermode : Portability describes the ability to carry and run an application from (eg) a USB stick, if necessary sharing Host resources. You are confused between that and Standalone applications. [2010-03-17 18:06]

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